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Confront vs Compete - What's the difference?

confront | compete |

As verbs the difference between confront and compete

is that confront is to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge while compete is .

confront

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
    • We should confront him about the missing money.
  • To deal with.
  • To something bring face to face with.
  • To come up against; to encounter.
  • To engage in confrontation.
  • To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  • To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

    • Derived terms

    * confrontation * confrontational * confronter * confrontment

    Related terms

    * (heraldry)

    compete

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

  • To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

    • Usage notes

    A person will compete for'' a prize received for winning a competition. Two or more persons ''compete against'' one another if they are rivals. Two or more persons can ''compete with'' each other as teammates, however ''compete with'' is also used to indicate two persons ''competing against each other.

    Derived terms

    * competitor * competition * noncompete

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